Snack #28 Large Programs: Scheduling Challenges
Ok, your organization decided to launch a large program, could it be the transformation or completely new R&D or any other non-standard project monster. Firing it to full-blown sailing engagement is a massive job. Assuming all initiations steps Read more…
Snack #27 3 Reasons Your Margin May Erode Before Project Starts
If you are a company providing services or projects for the market, for this discussion it does not matter if you propose staff augmentation or time and material or fixed-scope fixed-price engagements. And for this discussion, we don’t Read more…
Snack #25 Should I Use Senior Resources from the Bench?
The question sooner or later hits every project organization, specifically those who deliver projects commercially. The scenario is typical. We have a project, and we need resources with X skills for a Y cost rate. But we have Read more…
Snack #23 Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies. Why R Matters Differently?
One of the LinkedIn network members posted a very convincing example, illustration of RAID: Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies log. The risk was a dog doing its business on a lawn. The issue was somebody stepping into that. The Read more…
Snack #21 Project Resources Cost Rates. Sticky Topic
Recently I have heard a story about a rather large digital transformation project. As those types of projects are mostly people, let the number of resources used to speak for its size: 120. Around 1/3 of the people Read more…
